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Cultivo

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Manuel Piñuela

Co-founder & CEO at Cultivo

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Employees 21–50

Headquarters Pleasanton, California, United States

Cultivo is radically transforming how nature-based projects are originated through digitization and the use of artificial intelligence. Cultivo's platform provides products and solutions to financial institutions and corporations wanting to meet their Net Zero and Nature Positive goals by investing in natural capital, originating high quality pre-issuance nature-based projects, and securing a future supply of high integrity carbon removal credits..

Energy & Environment

Notable Achievements

Developed proprietary technologies to digitize origination/sourcing of natural capital assets
Built a pipeline of sites for over 70M hectares with a carbon sequestration potential o 1.8GtCO2
Started the regeneration of forests and grasslands in the Americas

Currently Operating in Eight Regions

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March 12, 2026

Cultivo Signs Major Agreement with Octopus Energy Generation, Expanding U.S. Grasslands and Carbon Removal Partnership to $100M

Cultivo has signed a significant agreement with Octopus Energy Generation, aimed at expanding U.S. grasslands and enhancing carbon removal efforts. This collaboration highlights Cultivo's...

December 8, 2025

Cultivo Acquires Kateri, Signaling a New Era for Grasslands

Cultivo has acquired Kateri, marking a significant advancement in fostering sustainable grassland management. This strategic acquisition enhances Cultivo's commitment to environmental stewardship,...

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February 1, 2024

Mintz Advises Cultivo in $14M Series A Funding to Build AI Platform for Large Scale Nature Regeneration

Cultivo, a nature-based carbon project financing startup, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by MassMutual Ventures and Octopus Energy Generation. The company aims to restore and...

January 31, 2024

Companies to Make Millions From Tackling Climate Change

Cultivo, a nature-based carbon project financing startup, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by MassMutual Ventures and Octopus Energy Generation. The company aims to restore and...

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January 30, 2024

Area Twice the Size of California to be Allowed to Return to Nature

Cultivo, a nature-based carbon project financing startup, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by MassMutual Ventures and Octopus Energy Generation. The company aims to restore and...

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January 30, 2024

Cultivo Raises $14m As Nature Tech Draws Focus

As demand for nature based solutions and carbon storage grows, Cultivo has raised $14m to accelerate the development of its AI-driven NbS project origination platform.

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